Tuchel concedes England still behind Argentina, France, Spain
The head coach of the English national team, Thomas Tuchel has admitted that there is a slight gap between Argentina, France and Spain compared to England in the round leather game.
Tuchel who was speaking ahead of the third place match between his team and France said that there is gap between the three countries and England considering what they have built over many years with the coaches and the team.
According to him, there is a slight gap to close and it shows in the expectations that the countries mentioned always want to win the World Cup.
“I think the gap is there because of the titles that Argentina, France, and Spain have as national teams and as countries and what they built over many years with the coaches and the team,” Tuchel said.
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“There is still a slight gap that we have to close. The gap shows in almost the expectations of these countries to win the World Cup and be in the finals. I think we demanded it from ourselves within the camp, for sure.
He stated further that England dreamed and pushed to win the World Cup but there is still a gap in the way the team plays football under pressure compared to other teams.
“We dreamed about it, we pushed for it, and we competed for it but there is still a gap to close in the way we play football under pressure and the way we implement ourselves on the very next level.
“But we play France today. We are number four in the world at the moment, and we make it to the semifinal. We want to close this gap. Very little margin, but it is still there to overcome. It is a great position to be in. I like to be the competitor, the one who is chasing and challenging. It starts today.” Tuchel added.
